Item Catalogue

Week of 25 August 2025

National AI Centre(AU) 26 Aug 2025 72

Benchmark your responsible AI maturity level with a new self-assessment tool

NAIC has released a free Responsible AI Self-Assessment Tool benchmarking organisations across five RAI dimensions.

Key points

Only 12% of Australian organisations currently reach the top 'leading' maturity level, per the accompanying 2025 index.
The tool targets businesses broadly; direct applicability to Commonwealth entities depends on how APS-specific the benchmarks are.

National AI Centre(AU) 25 Aug 2025 35

Celebrate AI innovation year round with our AI calendar

NAIC launches a year-round AI event calendar open to organisations across Australia to submit events.

Key points

The calendar consolidates NAIC webinars and events; AI Week 2025 runs 20–24 October.
Low signal for APS governance practitioners - primarily a public engagement and outreach tool.

Week of 4 August 2025

National AI Centre(AU) 6 Aug 2025 60

AI adoption in Australian businesses for 2025 Q1

NAIC's Q1 2025 AI Adoption Tracker shows 82% of larger SMEs (200-500 employees) using AI, versus 33% for micro businesses.

Key points

A new responsible AI dashboard reveals a gap between SME intentions and actual deployment of responsible AI practices.
Primary industries and micro businesses lag significantly - awareness gaps, not just adoption gaps, are the key barrier.

Week of 28 July 2025

APSC – Media Releases & Statements(AU) 31 Jul 2025 5

Two independent investigations affirm the conduct of the APS Commissioner in the Robodebt Code of Conduct Inquiry

Two independent investigations found no APS Code of Conduct breaches by the APS Commissioner in the Robodebt inquiry.

Key points

This is an APS integrity and accountability item, not an AI or algorithmic governance item.
Robodebt involved automated debt raising, but this statement concerns the Commissioner's conduct, not AI governance.

Week of 7 July 2025

Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter(Multi) 9 May 2026 60

AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — July 2025

Good Ancestors' July 2025 newsletter covers EU GPAI Code of Practice, Trump AI Action Plan, and OpenAI's Australian economic blueprint.

Key points

OpenAI's Australia-specific blueprint and the OAIC privacy self-assessment tool are the most directly APS-relevant items.
Also covers Switzerland's sovereign LLM, US state AI laws, and a brief roundup of international regulatory developments.

Week of 23 June 2025

National AI Centre(AU) 24 Jun 2025 78

AI is driving growth in jobs, research and innovation across Australia

NAIC and CSIRO's 2025 AI Ecosystem Report shows AI hiring tripled since 2015, with 1,532 organisations seeking AI-skilled workers in 2024.

Key points

Australia accounts for just 0.18% of global AI patents over ten years, signalling a commercialisation gap the upcoming AI Capability Plan aims to address.
Energy, healthcare, and resources sectors lead AI adoption; public and private company approaches to AI differ materially.

Week of 9 June 2025

Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter(Multi) 9 May 2026 62

AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — June 2025

Good Ancestors' June 2025 newsletter covers four lead items and a broad 'in case you missed it' roundup of AI policy developments.

Key points

Australian-relevant items include the Albanese-AWS $20B data centre deal, the government's 'light-touch' regulatory posture, and AI workforce concerns.
International items cover California's AI policy working group report, G7 AI-for-prosperity statement, and tech giants' superintelligence pivot.

Week of 5 May 2025

Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter(Multi) 9 May 2026 62

AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — May 2025

Good Ancestors' May 2025 newsletter covers three distinct developments: US AI safety rollbacks, OpenAI's Stargate global expansion, and Federal Court GenAI consultations.

Key points

The Federal Court of Australia item is directly relevant to APS practitioners - submissions were open until 13 June 2025.
US deregulation under Trump is framed as increasing pressure on Australia and other middle powers to fill the governance gap.

Week of 17 February 2025

Attorney-General's Dept – Publications(AU) 19 Feb 2025 38

Data Strategy 2025–2027

Attorney-General's Department has published its Data Strategy 2025–2027, covering four focus areas.

Key points

AI and machine learning are named as analytical tools to support evidence-based policy - but remain secondary to the data governance framing.
Limited direct AI governance content; this is primarily a data maturity and literacy strategy with AI as one thread.

Week of 9 December 2024

Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter(Multi) 9 May 2026 72

AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — December 2024

Good Ancestors' December 2024 newsletter covers three distinct AI policy developments across Australia, Singapore, and Canada.

Key points

Australia's Senate AI inquiry final report recommends dedicated whole-of-economy AI legislation with a risk-based approach.
Singapore has enacted deepfake election content bans; Canada has announced a national AI Safety Institute with research partners.

Week of 28 October 2024

Attorney-General's Dept – Publications(AU) 28 Oct 2024 5

Attorney-General's Department Annual Report 2023–24

Attorney-General's Department 2023–24 Annual Report covers performance and audited financials to 30 June 2024.

Key points

No AI-specific content is indicated in the extracted text or publication metadata.
Limited direct relevance to APS AI governance work - included for completeness only.

Week of 7 October 2024

Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter(Multi) 9 May 2026 62

AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — October 2024

Good Ancestors' October 2024 newsletter covers three distinct AI governance developments across Australia, the US, and the UN.

Key points

Australia's voluntary AI safety standards and mandatory guardrails consultation paper are the primary Australian thread.
California's SB 1047 veto and UN Advisory Board recommendations round out the international coverage.

Week of 9 September 2024

APSC – Media Releases & Statements(AU) 13 Sep 2024 18

Statement by the Australian Public Service Commissioner on the Robodebt Centralised Code of Conduct Inquiry

APSC Commissioner finds 12 individuals breached the APS Code of Conduct 97 times in connection with Robodebt.

Key points

Two former Secretaries, Campbell and Leon, named publicly - a rare exercise of discretion under s72A of the Public Service Act.
Limited direct AI relevance; Robodebt's automated debt-raising mechanism is not the subject here - conduct and accountability are.

Week of 5 August 2024

Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter(Multi) 9 May 2026 58

AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — August 2024

Good Ancestors' August 2024 newsletter covers deepfake legislation, US AI content bills, and regulatory sandboxes.

Key points

Australia's Criminal Code Amendment (Deepfake Sexual Material) Bill 2024 has passed the Senate and is now in force.
US legislative items are proposed only and not yet voted on; California's SB 1047 is flagged as a breaking development.

Week of 8 July 2024

Good Ancestors – AI Policy & Governance Newsletter(Multi) 9 May 2026 62

AI Policy and Governance Newsletter — July 2024

Good Ancestors' July 2024 newsletter covers three distinct AI policy developments across Australia and California.

Key points

Two Australian items dominate: a joint federal-state-territory AI assurance framework and new deepfake criminalisation legislation.
California's proposed $100M training-cost threshold for mandatory AI safety testing is the international item covered.